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Jeffrey Weaver

University of Southern California

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The Effects of Parental and Sibling Incarceration: Evidence from Ohio

Number of pages: 120 Posted: 29 May 2020 Last Revised: 10 May 2021
Samuel Norris, Matthew Pecenco and Jeffrey Weaver
University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley and University of Southern California
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Jobs for Sale: Corruption and Misallocation in Hiring

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 29 May 2020 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2021
Jeffrey Weaver
University of Southern California
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Polity Size and Local Government Performance: Evidence From India

Number of pages: 98 Posted: 19 Jan 2024
Veda Narasimhan and Jeffrey Weaver
New York University (NYU) - New York University, Abu Dhabi and University of Southern California
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local government, decentralization, gram panchayat, India

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The Effect of Incarceration on Mortality

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2022
Samuel Norris, Matthew Pecenco and Jeffrey Weaver
University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley and University of Southern California
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Incarceration, health, mortality, crime

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The Impact of Incarceration on Employment, Earnings, and Tax Filing

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-108
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 10 Aug 2023
Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Carl McPherson, Samuel Norris, Matthew Pecenco, Evan K. Rose, Yotam Shem-Tov and Jeffrey Weaver
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Southern California
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Marriage Markets and the Rise of Dowry in India

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 25 Apr 2022
Jeffrey Weaver and Gaurav Chiplunkar
University of Southern California and University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
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Dowry, Marriage markets, India

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Online Appendix for 'Marriage Markets and the Rise of Dowry in India'

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 May 2023
Gaurav Chiplunkar and Jeffrey Weaver
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and University of Southern California
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Improving Last-Mile Service Delivery using Phone-Based Monitoring

NBER Working Paper No. w25298
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2023
Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar and Jeffrey Weaver
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Dartmouth College and University of Southern California
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Maternal Cash Transfers for Gender Equity and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w32093
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 29 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2025
Jeffrey Weaver, Sandip Sukhtankar, Paul Niehaus and Karthik Muralidharan
University of Southern California, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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The Impact of Incarceration on Employment, Earnings, and Tax Filing

NBER Working Paper No. w32747
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 01 Aug 2024
Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Carl McPherson, Sam Norris, Matthew Pecenco, Evan K. Rose, Yotam Shem-Tov and Jeffrey Weaver
Carnegie Mellon University, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of British Columbia (UBC), Brown University, University of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Southern California
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The Limits of Political Representation: Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w35217
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 May 2026
Veda Narasimhan and Jeffrey Weaver
New York University (NYU) - New York University, Abu Dhabi and University of Southern California
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The Limits of Targeted Hiring Subsidies: Evidence from the Work Opportunity Tax Credit

NBER Working Paper No. w35229
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 27 May 2026
Manisha Jain, Corina Mommaerts and Jeffrey Weaver
University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Economics and University of Southern California
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